cypress/docs/source/api/commands/next.md

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Get the immediately following sibling of each DOM element within a set of DOM elements.

Syntax

.next()
.next(selector)
.next(options)
.next(selector, options)

Usage

.next() requires being chained off another cy command that yields a DOM element or set of DOM elements.

{% fa fa-check-circle green %} Valid Usage

cy.get('nav a:first').next() // Yield next link in nav

{% fa fa-exclamation-triangle red %} Invalid Usage

cy.next()                // Errors, cannot be chained off 'cy'
cy.getCookies().next()   // Errors, 'getCookies' does not yield DOM element

Arguments

{% fa fa-angle-right %} selector (String selector)

A selector used to filter matching DOM elements.

{% fa fa-angle-right %} options (Object)

Pass in an options object to change the default behavior of .next().

Option	Default	Notes
log	true	Whether to display command in Command Log
timeout	{% url defaultCommandTimeout configuration#Timeouts %}	Total time to retry getting the element

Yields

.next() yields the new DOM element(s) found by the command.

Timeout

.next() will continue to look for the next element for the duration of the {% url defaultCommandTimeout configuration#Timeouts %}.

Examples

Next

Find the element next to .second

<ul>
  <li>apples</li>
  <li class="second">oranges</li>
  <li>bananas</li>
</ul>

// yields <li>bananas</li>
cy.get('.second').next()

Selector

Find the very next sibling of each li. Keep only the ones with a class selected.

<ul>
  <li>apples</li>
  <li>oranges</li>
  <li>bananas</li>
  <li class="selected">pineapples</li>
</ul>

// yields <li>pineapples</li>
cy.get('li').next('.selected')

Command Log

Find the element next to the .active li

cy.get('.left-nav').find('li.active').next()

The commands above will display in the command log as:

When clicking on next within the command log, the console outputs the following:

See also

• {% url .nextAll() nextall %}
• {% url .nextUntil() nextuntil %}
• {% url .prev() prev %}